This morning, a false report appeared on a fake portal disguised as the website of the United Russia party that Dmitry Medvedev allegedly announced his decision to shoot down Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, which provide the orbital Internet system, “over the territory of the Russian Federation, the zone of the special military operation and Black Sea Basin.
The fake site claimed that Starlink satellites were responsible for guiding and modifying the fire on the Moskva:
… guidance and adjustment of fire on the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser Moskva, was carried out using the Starlink satellite constellation (SpaceX).
Unfortunately, the fake announcement was picked up by a reputable source, India’s Republicworld, and it remains there uncorrected from when it was posted on April 16 until now.